Flatpak distribution of OpenRCT2

Setup the build environment

Install Flatpak on your system. See the Flatpak homepage. Then you can add the repository at gnome.org which provides different Platforms(run-times) and SDKs:

flatpak --user remote-add --from gnome https://sdk.gnome.org/gnome.flatpakrepo
flatpak --user install gnome org.freedesktop.Platform//1.6 org.freedesktop.Sdk//1.6

Run the build

flatpak-builder automates the build using the manifest file org.openrct2.OpenRCT2.json. The Freedesktop runtime provides all dependencies except jansson and libzip. These will be bundled with the Flatpak. The builder downloads and compiles these two libraries before building OpenRCT2.

mkdir fp_build
flatpak-builder --force-clean --repo=my_local_repo fp_build org.openrct2.OpenRCT2.json

After the build has completed, the application will be added to the new repository my_local_repo.

Install the package

Add the repository and install the package:

flatpak --user remote-add my_local_repo my_local_repo --no-gpg-verify --if-not-exists
flatpak --user install my_local_repo org.openrct2.OpenRCT2

You must update your package after each build to get the new version:

flatpak --user update org.openrct2.OpenRCT2

Run the application

You will find a standard desktop entry in your menu. To use the command line do:

flatpak run org.openrct2.OpenRCT2